GCSE ART AND DESIGN - The Blue School

What are the exam board looking for?CREATIVE THINKINGFOLLOWING AN IDEA JOURNEYSKILLFUL USE OF MATERIALSREFERENCING TO ARTISTSEXPLORING IDEASREVIEWING AND REFINING WORKDRAWING & PHOTOGRAPHY(1 ST HAND)ANNOTATING TO EXPLAIN IDEAS

COURSEWORK60 %EXAM40 %

WHAT IS IT YOU WISH TO LEARN ?

HOW DO YOU WANT TO EXPRESS YOURIDEAS ?

WE WILL GUIDE YOU, BUILD YOUR SKILLSINFORM YOUR IDEAS AND ENRICHPROJECTS

ART STAFFMrs Jenny Weare (Team Leader)Ms Rebecca Plas/ Ms Williams (Teacher)Jan Oliver (Teacher)Julie Radford & Gabby Hawes (Art Technicians)

COURSE STRUCTUREUNIT 1; COURSEWORKCENTRE-LED EXPLORATORY ACTIVITIES.SELF IDENTITYSeptember – ChristmasENVIRONMENTJanuary – EasterSUMMER TERM DRAWING WORKSHOPS

THE EXTERNALLY SET TASKJANUARY 2011.EXAMPLE OF AN EXTERNALLY SET THEMERUINS

Hisaharu Motoda's "Neo-Ruins" series of lithographs depictthe cityscape of a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, where familiarstreets lie deserted, the buildings are crumbling and weedsgrow from the broken pavement. The antique look of thelithographic medium effectively amps up the eeriness of thefuturistic setting. "In Neo-Ruins I wanted to capture both asense of the world's past and of the world's future," saysMotoda on his website.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TOSUCCEED AT FROM C – A*is written into the schemes ofwork...you and yours should beregularly carrying a sketchbookat least weekly ! ... & there wilbe a minimum of 1 hours worthof homework each week

INDEPENDENT STUDY SKILLS

CRITICAL & CONTEXTUAL VISITS

GET YOURSELF OUT THERE LONDON GALLERIES BRISTOL CITY GALLERIES LOCAL MINI MINIBUS TOURS

AND ON TO A LEVEL ...

with a fabulous PORTFOLIO ofdiverse and exciting workdemonstrating your ability toexplore and generate your ownideas

ANY QUESTIONS ?